Number of people counted

Total population

202,467 people usually live in Otago Region. This is an increase of 8,664 people, or 4.5 percent, since the 2006 Census.

Its population ranks 7th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.

Otago Region has 4.8 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Otago Region and New Zealand

2013 Census

Sex

Otago Region

New Zealand

Male

98,700

2,064,015

Female

103,767

2,178,033

Total people

202,467

4,242,051

Source: Statistics New Zealand

Māori population

14,385 Māori usually live in Otago Region. This is an increase of 2,115 people, or 17.2 percent, since the 2006 Census.

Its Māori population ranks 11th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.

2.4 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Otago Region.

Māori population of Otago Region and New Zealand

2013 Census

Sex

Otago Region

New Zealand

Male

7,176

288,639

Female

7,212

309,966

Total people

14,385

598,602

Source: Statistics New Zealand

Note: Total population figures are for the census usually resident population count.

The Māori population is the Māori ethnic group usually resident population count. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their only ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

There are 80,949 occupied dwellings and 13,317 unoccupied dwellings in Otago Region.

For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,570,695 occupied dwellings and 185,448 unoccupied dwellings.

There are 552 dwellings under construction in Otago Region, and 9,756 under construction in New Zealand.

Dwellings in Otago Region and New Zealand

2013 Census

Occupancy status

Otago Region

New Zealand

Occupied

Private dwelling

79,959

1,561,956

Non-private dwelling

993

8,739

Total occupied dwellings

80,949

1,570,695

Unoccupied

13,317

185,448

Under construction

552

9,756

Total dwellings

94,818

1,765,896

Source: Statistics New Zealand

Note: This time series is irregular. Because the 2011 Census was cancelled after the Canterbury earthquake on 22 February 2011, the gap between this census and the last one is seven years. The change in the data between 2006 and 2013 may be greater than in the usual five-year gap between censuses. Be careful when comparing trends.

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables, and graphs.